Unlike at least one family law court in the United Kingdom, Florida judges don’t have the option of allowing Facebook service of initial divorce documents. Florida service is governed by statute and by court procedural rules, none of which permit or even contemplate service by Facebook. The closest thing to Facebook service of court initial...
Alimony remains a hot topic in Florida divorce law. Florida law currently offers divorcing couples a smorgasbord of alimony possibilities, so long as one spouse can prove both a need for alimony and the other spouse’s ability to pay alimony. Currently on the legal menu are temporary alimony, bridge the gap alimony, rehabilitative alimony, durational...
A common award in divorces is the temporary exclusive use and possession of the marital home until the youngest minor child turns age eighteen or graduates from high school. Usually the divorcing spouses must sell the home and split the proceeds when the period of exclusive use and possession ends. Rarely is any consideration given...
Most people think that child neglect involves the caretaker harming a child in some way by a lack of care. Florida law, however, doesn’t require that any actual harm occur to the child; just exposing the child to a potentially dangerous situation can be enough. A recent Florida appeals court decision agreed with the trial...
Florida law is strict about requiring court permission to relocate with your children during or after a divorce if the other parent doesn’t agree to the move. This type of court permission can sometimes be difficult to get, particularly if the other parent lives locally and is involved in the children’s day-to-day lives. But what...
The third general type of health insurance plan available in Florida is a POS plan. These plans have some of the restrictive features of an HMO, like requiring a primary care physician to refer you for specialist care. But, like a PPO plan, a POS will pay some portion of your medical care from out...
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